Lord of the Pit with really creepy art. Seriously, look closely at the top of its open chect cavity; that isn't a heart.
Zulp
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Easily one of the best works of art on a Magic card. I mean, look at it. Imagine if you encountered such a thing. How fast would you crap your guts out in sheer terror.
Also, the low morph cost makes him easier to run in a monoblack deck than his Lordly counterpart, if you can keep him alive to flip him face up.
nammertime
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(3 votes)
The low morph cost allows him to be played on turn 4 after having been morphed... without mana acceleration. This creature is vicious!
I play with four of him in an Elvish Piper deck with a bunch of other cheap-to-cast fatties and morph guys like Bane of the Living and Soul Collector. Your opponent never knows what surprise you have stored for him/her. It's like a Yu-gi-oh! game haha.
Elysiume
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
A bonus to morph is you can swing with him at 7/7 without sacrificing a creature that turn. Even if you take the seven damage due to a lack of creatures, it puts the entire game on a clock.
Omenchild
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(9 votes)
Wheres the morph spider? Oh wait.. his mouth!
Haha not a heart, but three screaming baby heads.
Sironos
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Wow, this is one of the best demon arts ever, he just looks so incredibly vile and demonic, especially the eyes.
KikiJikiTiki
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Magnificent. Definitely my favorite variant. Fourth turn attacking 7/7 flying/trample without dropping a pair of dark rituals? Count me in. Also, just another reason reassembling skeleton is so awesome.
DarkMark3
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(15 votes)
wow, this is just a rip off of Lord of the Pit, it costs more, and if you haven't ben sucked dry of black mana yet, you can use the costly ability morph, and turn it into a 2/2, I don't see any way that this can be useful, and it still will do 7 damage to you, as if having to pay for it wasn't already hard enough to do with a converted mana cost of 8
psychokid121
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(10 votes)
um....this is NOT a crappy rip off of lord of the pit. first off if im not mistaken, lord of the pit was made AFTER this card. second lord of the pit gives you no choice in the matter of sacrificing a creature or taking 7 damage, liege of the pit actually does because if you read its last effect, it has morph. and what does morph do? it turns it into a face down, no effect creature. in other words attack with it on your turn, main phase 2, flip it down for 3 mana, after your next turn's upkeep, flip it up for 4, attack for another 7, pay another 3, flip it down, and the cycle continues with no downside on your field. so this card is actually waaaaay better, and yes that means paying 7 mana every turn, but for a flyting 7/7 with trample im game to pay it.
blurrymadness
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Alright, to clear out the newbs: Lord of the Pit was in *alpha*. Obviously anyone thinking it came out later than this is beyond wrong to the point of absurdity.
Second, you morph to play the card. You can't just morph now and then as you please. You play this card face down at 3 mana, and turn it up for 4 Black mana. I.E, Turn 4 lord of the pit without any trouble. It costs one more because it's easier to get early game and the shenanigans you can pull with it.
bijart_dauth
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
i like the way it can be played on turn 4 with the morph ability, if i'm playing mono black, its way better then the lord because of that in my opinion, but the fact it can be bolted when it first comes out could be a big problem, as can the fact that on turn 4, the chanses of haveing enough creatures is slim considering you cant cast anything els on turn 3 or 4, thus you would only have 2-3 creatures unless you had 0 drops.
Stray_Dog
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
@Zulp evidently he crapped his own guts out in sheer terror of himself.
Belz_
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@DarkMark3 : Way to not understand morph. You play it on turn THREE, morph it on turn FOUR and attack immediately for 7, so you don't have to sacrifice a creature until _after_ you've attacked with it. Clearly superior to Lord, in my opinon.
count_dorku
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
DarkMark3: That is exactly the opposite of how morph works. To morph a card, you pay 3 and put it onto the battlefield face-down, counting as a 2/2 creature. Then you can pay the listed cost to flip it face-up. This can be done pretty much whenever you like, since it doesn't use the stack.
Also, I think the word "ripoff" is poorly chosen, since Time Spiral was a nostalgia block, it was deliberately intended as an homage to the classic 7/7 demon.
Pontiac
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Pyschokid - Lord of the Pit was first printed in Alpha waaaaaay before this.
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WAAAAY better than his "lord" cousin...because you don't have to build the rest of the deck around him if you're just using him to do his 7 damage. Swing, morph, then laugh.
DarthMohawk1
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This guy is actually almost strictly better than Lord of the Pit. Sure, the Liege has a nominal price tag of eight mana, but you can just use his morph ability to plunk him down for seven anyway if you've reached that point in the game. Only downside is that he's more color intensive, which isn't a downside at all since you should be playing mono-black anyway!
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
"Serve me and be eaten last, or fight me and be eaten first!"
Mike-C
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! @Belz @ Darth. Classic..
nunyaJs
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
LOVE this guy, but good ol' LoP is still better. yeah yeah yeah... turn 4 for this guy blah blah blah.
Lord of the Pit will NEVER fall to a shock (without outside help that is)
PS Lord of the pit is frequently seen on turn four in my decks too
that is all.
And yes, check out the insane art. Crying baby heads for a heart. Shivers.
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think Missile Penguin actually missed an aspect in his unevitable Time Spiral this time, I feel like this might be supposed to be a callback and black counterpart to Exalted Angel, since you can also Morph it turn three, unmorph it turn four. Admittedly unfortunately, they didn't make it , else it might have seen quite some serious play as well.
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best thing about Liege of the Pit is that, as long as you don't take 6 damage from other sources and your opponent can't block it, you don't really need other creatures, because the Liege kills your opponent before killing you:
T3: Morph T4: Swing, unmorph, opponent goes to 13. T5: You go to 13, cast removal on potential blockers, swing, opponent goes to 6. T6: You go to 6, cast removal on potential blockers, swing, opponent dies.
This (of course) only works if your opponent doesn't have any removal for your Liege, but if you play a bit of discard spells on the side you can lower the odds of that happening (Duress, Wrench Mind (or Ravenous Rats)/Thoughtseize and Hymn to Tourach if you want to be fancy).
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Also, the low morph cost makes him easier to run in a monoblack deck than his Lordly counterpart, if you can keep him alive to flip him face up.
I play with four of him in an Elvish Piper deck with a bunch of other cheap-to-cast fatties and morph guys like Bane of the Living and Soul Collector. Your opponent never knows what surprise you have stored for him/her. It's like a Yu-gi-oh! game haha.
Haha not a heart, but three screaming baby heads.
Second, you morph to play the card. You can't just morph now and then as you please. You play this card face down at 3 mana, and turn it up for 4 Black mana. I.E, Turn 4 lord of the pit without any trouble. It costs one more because it's easier to get early game and the shenanigans you can pull with it.
Also, I think the word "ripoff" is poorly chosen, since Time Spiral was a nostalgia block, it was deliberately intended as an homage to the classic 7/7 demon.
Lord of the Pit will NEVER fall to a shock (without outside help that is)
PS Lord of the pit is frequently seen on turn four in my decks too
that is all.
This card references Lord of the Pit as is part of a rare cycle of creatures that use Morph in an interesting "gotcha" way; the others being Fortune Thief, Weathered Bodyguards, Thelonite Hermit, and Vesuvan Shapeshifter.
And yes, check out the insane art. Crying baby heads for a heart. Shivers.
T3: Morph
T4: Swing, unmorph, opponent goes to 13.
T5: You go to 13, cast removal on potential blockers, swing, opponent goes to 6.
T6: You go to 6, cast removal on potential blockers, swing, opponent dies.
This (of course) only works if your opponent doesn't have any removal for your Liege, but if you play a bit of discard spells on the side you can lower the odds of that happening (Duress, Wrench Mind (or Ravenous Rats)/Thoughtseize and Hymn to Tourach if you want to be fancy).